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3D Systems Corp.
TDS.C, +1.09%
shares ended Thursday with a 14.8% gain after the Valencia, Calif., developer of three-dimensional printing technology reported fourth-quarter earnings of $6 million, or 32 cents a share, up from a year-ago profit of $3.1 million, or 20 cents a share. The latest results include Revenue rose 15% in the latest three months to $44.1 million from $38.3 million in the same period a year earlier.

Shares of Bon-Ton Stores Inc.
BONT, -8.96%
added 6.4% after the company said same-store sales in February fell 1.6% from a year ago. The department store chain said total sales for the four weeks ended February 25 dropped 3.5% to $72.2 million. CEO James Baireuther said total sales were hurt by $1.4 million, reflecting the closing of four unprofitable stores and by a snow storm that hit the northeast of the country the weekend prior to Valentine's Day.

Children's Place Retail Stores Inc.
PLCE, -1.19%
stock tacked on 6.3% after the company said February same-store sales rose 1%, adding that the later Easter this year negatively impacted February sales results. Fourth-quarter earnings per share excluding charges are seen at $1.65, the high end of previous guidance, with $1.23 from The Children's Place and 42 cents from the Disney Store brand. The company also said it plans to reduce the number of Disney Store remodels to approximately 25 in fiscal 2006, as it continues to refine its new store prototype. It's lifting earnings guidance by 10 cents a share to a range of $3 to $3.10 excluding compensation.

DXP Enterprises Inc.
DXPE, -0.89%
shares soared 23.4% after the Houston pumping products company reported fourth-quarter earnings of $2.1 million, or 36 cents a share, up from a year-ago profit of $600,000, or 12 cents a share. Sales jumped 45% in the latest three months to $54.7 million from $37.7 million in the same period a year earlier.

Gymboree Corp.
GYMB
shares surged 8% after the company said same-store sales rose 18% in February. Total sales rose 20% to $53.5 million. The San Francisco retailer now expects a mid-single digit increase in comparable store sales for the first quarter.

Shares of Hanger Orthopedic Group
HGR, +2.08%
advanced 11% after the company posted fourth-quarter earnings of $8.3 million, up from a year-ago profit of $4 million. The latest results include a gain of $3.7 million related to previously reserved state net operating loss carry-forwards net of certain discrete tax items. Excluding this gain, the company earned 14 cents a share in the latest quarter, a penny ahead of the average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson First Call. Sales at the Bethesda, Md., provider of orthotic and prosthetic patient-care services rose 2.3% in the latest three months to $149.2 million from $145.9 million in the same period a year earlier.

Longs Drug Stores Corp.
LDG, +2.05%
shares leapt 11.1% after the company reported a fourth-quarter profit of $35.3 million, or 92 cents a share, up from a year-ago profit of $17.7 million, or 47 cents a share. The latest results include a gain of $6.6 million from the sale of a distribution facility and a $3.7 million gain from a favorable actuarial adjustment. Revenue rose 3.8% in the latest three months to $1.24 billion from $1.2 billion in the same period a year earlier. The average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson First Call was for a profit of 60 cents a share in the January period on revenue of $1.24 billion. Looking ahead, Longs Drug forecast earnings of $1.70 to $1.80 a share for the year ending in January of 2007. Wall Street's current consensus estimate is for a profit of $1.63 a share for the year.

Shares of MatrixOne Inc.
MONE
rallied 18.8% after the company agreed to be acquired by France's Dassault Systemes
DASTY, -0.16%
for $408 million, or $7.25 a share in cash. The per share bid represents a 21% premium to MatrixOne's Wednesday closing price of $6.01.

McDermott International Inc.
MDR, -3.08%
stock added 5.4% after the company reported fourth-quarter net income of 48 cents a share, down from 61 cents in the year-earlier period. Both periods exclude results of McDermott's Babcock & Wilcox subsidiary, which was dropped from its earnings reports from February 2000 through February 2006. Revenue fell to $398.6 million from $473.7 million. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call had expected the company to earn 39 cents a share. See full story.

Men's Wearhouse Inc.
MW, -0.05%
shares surged 14.3% after the retailer posted a 30% jump in fourth-quarter profit, as sales rose in the U.S. and Canada. See full story.

Shares of Midas Inc.
MDS, -3.83%
gained 14.4% after the Itasca, Ill., provider of car maintenance services posted fourth-quarter earnings of $600,000, or 4 cents a share, for the fourth quarter, including items. On an adjusted basis, excluding items, the company earned 11 cents a share, besting the average estimate of three analysts polled by Thomson First Call for a profit of 9 cents a share. Looking ahead, the company sees operating income of $29 million to $31 million in 2006 on revenue of about $180 million.

PetSmart Inc.
PETM
stock rose 7.8% after the company reported fourth-quarter net income was 50 cents a share compared with a restated 43 cents in the year-earlier period.

Rocky Shoes & Boots Inc.
RCKY, -3.35%
shares gained 7% after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings of $2.6 million, or 46 cents a share, up from a year-ago profit of $2.2 million, or 43 cents a share. Sales jumped 128% in the latest three months to $74.9 million from $32.9 million in the same period a year earlier.

Shares of Versant Corp.
VSNT
rocketed higher by 49.7% after the company reported first-quarter net income of 22 cents a share, compared with 10 cents in the year-earlier period. Revenue fell to $4.6 million from $5.3 million, the Fremont, Calif., database-management company said.

Decliners

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
ANF, +0.95%
shares finished Thursday's session lower by 9.2% after the company said February same-store sales, or sales from stores open at least a year, increased 5%. Total sales for the four weeks ended Feb. 26 gained 21% to $192.7 million, the teen apparel retailer said.

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